America's Best Gluten-Free Desserts

Incredible pastry chefs around the country are on a mission to create ultra-indulgent desserts without gluten. (While all the desserts here are made with only gluten-free ingredients, diners should always check with their servers about specific allergies and intolerances.)—Lawrence Marcus

Boca Negra
Excellent meat-centric Mexican dishes—like Wagyu beef tacos made with soft corn tortillas—make this Austin spot popular with gluten-averse diners. Pastry chef Laura Sawicki makes her flourless chocolate soufflé cake with Valrhona chocolate and six kinds of chiles. “The complexity that I want can’t be achieved with just one or two,” she says, stressing that the result isn’t super-spicy: “The cake doesn’t have an aggressive heat. It starts with pure chocolate and then the chiles start to creep up.” She tops the crackly crust with banana ice cream to counteract the slow burn.